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1. BP Bridge, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 BP Bridge, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 Construction workers; Trees; Hoisting machinery; A view of the concrete foundation ramp during construction and the landscaping between the curves of the Bridge. The subtle slope of BP Bridge allowed for the serpentine curvature visible here, and made...
2. BP Bridge, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 BP Bridge, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 Trees; Skyscrapers; A view of the concrete foundation ramp during construction and the landscaping between the curves of the Bridge. The subtle slope of BP Bridge allowed for the serpentine curvature visible here, and made...
3. BP Bridge, excavating Daley Bicentennial Plaza, June 18, 2003 BP Bridge, excavating Daley Bicentennial Plaza, June 18, 2003 Construction workers; Excavation; Close-up view of waterproofing uncovered when Daley Bicentennial Plaza was excavated. The Grant Park North Garage is located beneath the Daley Bicentennial Plaza. Because the Bridge's structure bears down...
4. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Girders; The central box girder is lowered into place on top of a central concrete pier in the median strip of Columbus Drive during a 12-hour period when the busy six-lane road was closed to traffic.
The...
5. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Streets; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Fog; The final box girder is lowered into place by a crane as Columbus Drive is closed to traffic for a 12-hour period.
The structural steel for the Bridge was made by Littell Steel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,...
6. BP Bridge, subframing for shingles, October 1, 2003 BP Bridge, subframing for shingles, October 1, 2003 Structural frames; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Trees; Skyscrapers; Adding the subframing along a curve of the concrete approach ramp in Daley Bicentennial Plaza. The subframing provides support for the stainless steel shingles, or “scales,” that will form the surface...
7. BP Bridge, wooden planking, November 12, 2003 BP Bridge, wooden planking, November 12, 2003 Construction workers; Structural frames; Skyscrapers; An area of wooden planking has been installed on the BP Bridge. The deck is made up of 2,000 planks of sustainably-harvested Pau Lope wood, a type of Brazilian hardwood.
8. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 23, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 23, 2004 Construction workers; Steel; Hoisting machinery; Plywood Close-up of a worker as preparations are made to move a steel plate.
9. Cloud Gate, fabrication, ca. December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, ca. December 17, 2002 Industrial facilities; Machinery; Steel; Machine shops View from above of workers shaping a curved steel plate in the fabrication shop at Performance Structures Inc. (PSI). After plasma cutting the steel plates, a custom made roller, similar to an English...
10. Cloud Gate, fabrication, rolling, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, rolling, April 22, 2003 Steel; Machinery; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; A worker positioning a flat steel plate into a roller. A custom made roller, similar to an English roller, was built by PSI to roll the steel plates into their curved shapes. The plates are shaped by moving...
11. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. January 29, 2004 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. January 29, 2004 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; Glass blocks; Fans (Machinery); Pails; A glass brick panel fabricated and assembled by Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida. The panel is made up of a steel grid with glass bricks in each of the openings. The bricks were adhered to their...
12. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 24, 2004 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 24, 2004 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; Glass blocks; Fans (Machinery); Pails; Shelving; Once the glass bricks were made by L.E. Smith in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, they were sent to the offices of Circle Redmont, Inc., to be assembled into steel grids, shown here.

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13. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. November 14, 2003 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. November 14, 2003 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; A stack of steel grids fabricated by Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida, before glass bricks were added. Circle Redmont fabricated 5 feet-by-16 feet and 5 feet-by-23 feet stainless steel grids...
14. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. October 15, 2003 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. October 15, 2003 Industrial facilities; Warehouses; Shelving; Chief Operations Officer Kevin Sandor (left) and Jeff Barrett of Circle Redmont Inc. in a warehouse at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida, where panels for the tower walls of...
15. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. October 31, 2003 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. October 31, 2003 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; A steel grid fabricated by Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida, before glass bricks were inserted into the openings. Circle Redmont fabricated 5 feet-by-16 feet and 5 feet-by-23 feet stainless steel...
16. Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Glass industry; Industrial facilities; Glassworking; Glassworkers; A glass worker at the L.E. Smith Glass Company in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, the company that made over 22,000 glass bricks for the Crown Fountain. At the height of production L.E. Smith was able to make...
17. Crown Fountain, installation of pedestals and granite tiles, March 11, 2004 Crown Fountain, installation of pedestals and granite tiles, March 11, 2004 Pedestals; Tiles; Pipes (Conduits); Construction workers; Pails; Chisels & mallets; Skyscrapers; Concrete; Trees; A worker begins to build the surface of the reflecting pool. The surface is made of tiles of black, African granite that are 3 feet square and weigh around 250 pounds each. They sit almost 2 feet above...
18. Crown Fountain, LED installation, construction of towers, February 2, 2004 Crown Fountain, LED installation, construction of towers, February 2, 2004 Close-up view of newly installed light-emitting diode (LED) screens at Crown Fountain. Each LED pixel, made up of 5 individual LEDs, is capable of displaying a range of 4.4 trillion colors. Small black...
19. Crown Fountain, LED tile, ca. November 12, 2003 Crown Fountain, LED tile, ca. November 12, 2003 Offices; Boxes; Office workers; Close-up view of an LED tile. In the finished fountain, each tower has a 24 feet-by-49 feet LED screen made up of more than 70 two feet-by-three feet Barco SLite 14 LED video display tiles.
20. Crown Fountain, LED tile, ca. November 12, 2003 Crown Fountain, LED tile, ca. November 12, 2003 Offices; Boxes; Office workers; Close-up view of an LED tile. In the finished fountain, each tower has a 24 feet-by-49 feet LED screen made up of more than 70 two feet-by-three feet Barco SLite 14 LED video display tiles.
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